When everyone thinks that Niantic will now take a break, they surprise us all by pulling something new from their hat, Trainer hold on your seats we with the help of ZeChrales found something new and incredible in the new update:

SPOILERS AHEAD

Table of Content

  1. Lucky Pokemon
  2. New Berry (Looks similar to Pinap berry)
  3. New Sorting Option in the Friends list
  4. New Quests
  5. Gifts Update
  6. Friend list Minor Update
  7. Few Bugs!

Lucky Pokemon 

According to the code base and ZeChrales lucky Pokemon are particular Pokemon which do not requires Stardust or Less Amount of Stardust to powerup.

The Pokedex is now displaying the Lucky Pokemon Label which Potentially means the update can be live at any time!

Very little knowledge at this time but according to the screenshots the Lucky Pokemon do not require any Stardust or Less amount of Stardust to power up and includes the following features:

 

  • Custom background, animation and camera effects
  • Custom counter label, similar to Seen / Caught that appears in the Pokedex
  • Two values that indicate these Pokemon are connected with the trading system:
    • .get_TimesLuckyReceived
    • .set_TimesLuckyReceived
  • power_up_stardust_discount_percent
  • a pokedex entry has times_lucky_received

Like Shiny Pokemon you can’t select Lucky Pokemon during mass transfer!

Update: According to the new Image posted by Pokémon GO España It looks like Lucky Pokemon will be 50% Stardust reduction!

Pokemon Go Lucky Pokemon Stardust Reduction

New berry – Silver Pinap?

A New berry has been spotted in the APK

Currently, there are no code references in the APK for the new item but according to our Speculation that the new Pinap Berry, will additionally increase the amount of Pokemon Candy received from capture encounters.

Android Users can now download PokeTimer mobile App from Google Play store for all Event countdown timer, IV Search strings and Tricks – Download Now

New Sorting Option in the Friends list

Finally, the Friendlist has now improved a bit and now includes the sorting option!

New Quests

Two new quest types have been added

.QUEST_ADD_FRIEND
.QUEST_TRADE_POKEMON

Gifts

According to the new update, Gift can now be deleted and on sending gifts the trainer can earn 200xp.

Friend list Minor Updates

  1. You can now give friends Nicknames
  2. You can now see the detailed location of the gifts you receive from friends
  3. There is no longer a red dot indicating that you have unopened gifts
  4. The friend list no longer always opens when you have an unopened gift (Journal now opens every time)
  5. You can now search for traded Pokemon with the keyword “traded”

Few Bugs

  1. Players with less used languages may be unable to open the game and encounter a black screen – workaround is set the language to English
  2. You can no longer rotate Pokemon or see their attack animation in the Pokedex
  3. Phantom berries can be seen in new wild interactions
  4. Completing a friend action returns you to the top of the friends list upon going back

That’s it for the day, We’ll keep an eye out for confirmation of what’s happening from Niantic and post an update when the mystery is solved. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!

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